diff -r 49e4e3b74334 Lib/re.py
--- a/Lib/re.py	Mon Sep 15 11:33:55 2014 +0300
+++ b/Lib/re.py	Mon Sep 15 12:21:46 2014 +0300
@@ -324,9 +324,9 @@
 import copyreg
 
 def _pickle(p):
-    return _compile, (p.pattern, p.flags)
+    return compile, (p.pattern, p.flags)
 
-copyreg.pickle(_pattern_type, _pickle, _compile)
+copyreg.pickle(_pattern_type, _pickle, compile)
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 # experimental stuff (see python-dev discussions for details)
diff -r 49e4e3b74334 Lib/test/test_re.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_re.py	Mon Sep 15 11:33:55 2014 +0300
+++ b/Lib/test/test_re.py	Mon Sep 15 12:21:46 2014 +0300
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@
             pickled = pickle.dumps(oldpat, proto)
             newpat = pickle.loads(pickled)
             self.assertEqual(newpat, oldpat)
-        # current pickle expects the _compile() reconstructor in re module
+        # old pickles expect the _compile() reconstructor in re module
         from re import _compile
 
     def test_constants(self):